Plastic bins are easy to pack and stack, because they're usually all one size. However, their one-size-fits-all nature make them impractical for some irregular items. They usually have handles, unlike ...

For many, the biggest decision to make at the grocery story is the very last one — do you want your food packed in paper bags or plastic bags? The stores clearly would rather you go with plastic bags.

Many everyday items are packaged in plastic, making it hard to avoid. But here are some practical swaps you can make to ...

Paper or plastic — we all know the question. It conjures images of conveyor belts, sounds of beeps as items are scanned and maybe even smells of fresh mint as you wait in line near the packs of gum.

Tiernan Alexander (left) and Tim Eads, co-owners of Tuft the World, at their warehouse in Southwest Philly. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY) If you’ve done a lot of your holiday shopping online, you may feel a ...

A new report suggests Washington's 8-cent fee for "reusable" plastic bags isn’t covering the real cost — and the ...

Professor Marcus Foston, of Washington University St. Louis, helped develop a new process using byproducts from soybean oil, ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any ...

Ten years after the UK plastic bag levy transformed high street habits, fashion’s ecommerce boom has left online deliveries ...